Shiny, Collective Merged into Mega Studio

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By Daemon Hatfield

Today Foundation 9, a house of many development studios, announced it will merge two of its teams, Shiny and The Collective, into one super studio. Both based in southern California, the combined teams will be able to create even bigger games, says Foundation 9. The studios have already relocated to a new office in Irvine, CA. A name for the new developer has not yet been announced.

The Collective, formed in 1997, is currently working on Silent Hill 5 and Harker, and previously developed titles like Marc Ecko's Getting Up and Indiana Jones and the Emperor's Tomb. Shiny has been around since 1993 and is probably best known for Earthworm Jim.

"Bringing the Shiny and Collective teams together into one larger studio will give them the scale and resources needed to deliver top-notch franchise-based releases across multiple platforms," said David Mann, F9E's COO. "We've already moved everyone under one roof, which will help to make a seamless transition for both teams."

Michael "Saxs" Persson, Shiny's studio manager, will head up the new team. "At this scale we now have the resources to truly distinguish ourselves as the go to developer for complete sku lines from next-gen to current gen and PSP," said Persson.

A real combination of the two studios, Foundation 9 will not be laying off any employees.